This tree is a bristlecone pine that is located at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California, USA. This tree was seeded in 2833 BC. It is over 4,849 years old. It was the oldest known non-clonal organism on the planet until a nearby bristlecone pine tree was discovered to be even older dating to over 5000 years ago when it was germinated in 3050 BC.
Reference https://500px.com/photo/98307659/Methuselah-by-James-Jackson/
Bob Ross was a consummate teacher. He guided fans along as he painted “happy trees,” “almighty mountains” and “fluffy clouds” over the course of his 11-year television career on his PBS show, “The Joy of Painting.” In total, Ross painted 381 works on the show, relying on a distinct set of elements, scenes and themes, and thereby providing thousands of data points.
The top-line results are to be expected — wouldn’t you know, he did paint a bunch of mountains, trees and lakes! — He didn’t paint oaks or spruces, he painted “happy trees.” He favoured “almighty mountains” to peaks. Once he’d painted one tree, he didn’t paint another — he painted a “friend.”. 57 percent of paintings contain a deciduous tree and 53 percent of paintings contain a coniferous tree. 20 percent of paintings contain at least one of each.
Ross’s own mentor was a painter by the name of William “Bill” Alexander. It was Alexander who taught Ross how to complete a full landscape in under 30 minutes. It was Alexander who was the first to host a live painting show, The Magic of Oil Painting, on PBS. It was even Alexander who coined the catchphrase “happy little trees,” now largely attributed to Ross.
In terms of what brush Bob used for painting trees ~ The Bob Ross round foliage brushes have an easy to hold round wood handle and a 1″ or 1/2″ diameter bristle. They are made for painting trees, foothills and scenery. Made out of natural hog hair.
Reference- fivethirtyeight.com, http://www.artsy.net
Photos by Caroline Holub
This beautiful painting hasn’t been named yet.
25 pound petrified Juniper log from McDermitt, Oregon. This one was difficult to shoot….
5 smaller but beautiful petrified araucaria mirabilis “pine” cones. These cones are found at the petrified forest of Cerro Cuadrado in Patagonia, Argentina and date back to the mid Jurassic period. These cones were cut and polished to reveal the intricate and nicely preserved interior.
Part of what makes the petrified wood from Blue Forest so attractive is the botryoidal chalcedony that often covers these pieces. This is a pepper wood (Schinoxylon) log. Wyoming, Eocene age.
Attractive little petrified wood limb. This one unfortunately came without ID but could be from the Noth West (Columbia River Basalts area).
The different colors of petrified cones from Cerro Cuadrado, Argentina.
This is an incredibly colourful petrified wood log from Madagascar, Africa. The yellowish oval shaped structure that go around the full circle like small rays are actually funglal pockets. So this is a tree and fungus fossil in one.
Intense chromium green petrified conifer wood from Gokwe, Zimbabwe, Triassic period.
This is an exceptional small piece of petrified palm log from the Big Sandy Reservoir area in Wyoming from the collection of Steve Holmes. The fossil stems from an Eoceone layer and measures 1.25″ across. The porous dark portion is the actual wood, the blue parts are agate fortifications filling voids. The Big Sandy area is well known for their petrified palm wood finds.
This is a petrified pine cone from Steinhardt, Germany that is about 30 million years old and was painstakingly chiseled out of a hard barite-sandstone nodule. These are also called Steinhardter peas. This one had some extra scales from other cones within as well.
Reference – Life in Deep Time fb page.
I took this photo of this tree today and enjoyed editing it.
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